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Yellow Magic Orchestra

Real Name:Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Profile:Yellow Magic Orchestra was a Japanese electropop band, formed in 1978.

The principal members were Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards).

The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians - the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However the first album (with its cutting-edge production) was very popular, and the studio project grew into a fully fledged touring band and career for its three members.

Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers, digital and computer recording technology as it became available, their popularity and influence extended beyond Japan. Generally the band are highly regarded as pioneers of electronic music, and continue to be remixed and sampled by modern artists.

The band had stopped working together by 1984, the three members returning to their solo careers. They released a one-off reunion album, Technodon, in 1993.

The early 2000s saw Hosono & Takahashi reunited in a project called Sketch Show. On a number of occasions Ryuichi Sakamoto has joined in on Sketch Show performances and recording sessions. He later proposed they rename the unit "Human Audio Sponge" when he participates.
URLs:http://www.ymo.org/
http://www.commmons.com/
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/ymo/index_pc.html
http://www.myspace.com/hasymo
Aliases:HASYMO, Human Audio Sponge, Pre YMO
Members:Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi
Name Variations: All | Yellow Magic Orchestra | イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ | Y M O | Y.M.O. | Yellow Magic | Yellow Man Orchestra | YMO | Ymoymo
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Releases:
Yellow Magic Orchestra (Album) ◄ (16 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1978
Computer Game ◄ (2 versions)   Horizon Records & Tapes 1979
Computer Game / La Femme Chinoise (Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   A&M Records (Europe) ... 1979
Cosmic Surfin' ◄ (2 versions)   A&M Records 1979
Firecracker ◄ (4 versions)   A&M Records (UK) 1979
La Femme Choinoise (7")   A&M Records (UK) 1979
Solid State Survivor (Album) ◄ (8 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1979
Technopolis / Solid State Survivor (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1979
Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) (12", Yel)   A&M Records (UK) 1979
Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) (7", Yel)   A&M Records (UK) 1979
Behind The Mask ◄ (5 versions)   A&M Records (UK) ... 1980
Best One (Cass, Album)   Alfa Records, Inc 1980
Nice Age ◄ (3 versions)   A&M Records (UK) ... 1980
Public Pressure (Album) ◄ (8 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1980
Rydeen (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1980
Tighten Up ◄ (7 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1980
X∞ Multiplies (Album) ◄ (15 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1980
BGM (Album) ◄ (14 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1981
Cue ◄ (2 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1981
Mass (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1981
Technodelic (Album) ◄ (13 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1981
Best Selection ◄ (3 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1982
Pure Jam (7")   CBS 1982
Rydeen / Absolute Ego Dance (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1982
Taiso (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1982
Kimi Ni Mune Kyun (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1983
Naughty Boys (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1983
Naughty Boys (Instrumental) (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1983
Service (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1983
以心電信 (You've Got To Help Yourself) (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1983
過激な淑女 (7")   Alfa Records, Inc 1983
After Service ◄ (5 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1984
Everytime I Look Around (I Hear The Madmen Call) (7")   Pick Up Records 1984
Y.M.O. Mega Mix (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Alfa Records ... 1986
Y.M.O. History (2xCD, Comp)   Alfa Records, Inc 1987
Sealed (2xCD)   Alfa Records, Inc 1988
YMO In The '90s - The Pete Lorimar Remix (CD, Maxi)   Alfa Records, Inc 1990
Kyoretsu Na Rhythm (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Restless Records ... 1991
Complete Service (2xCD)   Alfa Records, Inc, Alfa Records, Inc 1992
Hi-Tech / No Crime (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Internal ... 1992
Megamix - YMO In The 90's (12", Promo)   Restless Records 1992
Reconstructions (Single, EP) ◄ (6 versions)   Internal 1992
Techno Bible (5xCD + Box)   Alfa Records, Inc 1992
Tong Poo (12")   Internal 1992
Be A Superman (CD, Mini)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1993
Best Hits (CD)   Alfa Records, Inc 1993
Light In Darkness / Firecracker II (12")   Moonshine Music 1993
Live At Kinokuni-Ya Hall 1978 (CD)   Alfa Records, Inc 1993
Pocketful Of Rainbows (CD, Mini)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1993
Technodon (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1993
Technodon Live (CD)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1993
Technodon Remixes I (CD, Maxi)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1993
Technodon Remixes II (CD, Album)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1993
The Tong Poo Remixes (CD, Maxi)   Alfa Records, Inc 1993
YMO Versus The Human League (CD, Maxi)   Alfa Records, Inc 1993
Super Best of YMO (2xCD, Comp)   Alfa Records, Inc 1996
East Meets East (CD, Album)   Consipio Records 1997
Oricon - The Ichiban Presents We Love YMO (CD, Comp)   Alfa Records, Inc 1998
増長 X∞PRESUMPTUOUS (CD, Album)   Alfa Records, Inc 1998
Behind The Mask Volume 2 (12")   Victor Entertainment Japan 1999
X∞Multiplies 増殖 (CD, Album, RM)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1999
YMO Go Home! (2xCD)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 1999
YMO Remixes Technopolis 2000-01 ◄ (2 versions)   Victor Entertainment Japan 1999
One More YMO (CD, Album)   Toshiba EMI Ltd 2000
YMO Remixes Technopolis 2000-00 (CD)   Victor Entertainment Japan 2000
UC YMO (2xCD, Album)   Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. 2003
Visual YMO - The Best (DVD)   Sony Music House Inc. 2003
Naughty Boys & Instrumental (2xCD, Album, RE, RM)   Epic 2004
Naughty Boys & Instrumental (2xCD, Album, RE, RM)   Epic 2004
Yellow Magic Orchestra USA & Yellow Magic Orchestra (2xCD, Album, RM)   Epic 2004
Absolute Ego Dance (Denki's Eisa-Rmx) (12")   Victor Entertainment Japan 2005
YMO Remixes 99-00 The Best (CD, Album)   Victor Entertainment Japan 2005
YMO Remixes 99-00 The Best (CD, Comp)   Seoul Records 2005
Rescue / Rydeen 79/07 (CD, Single)   Commmons 2007
Rydeen 79/07 (File, Single)   Commmons 2007
EUYMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra Live In London + Gijón 2008 (4xCD, Album, Ltd, Box)   Commmons 2008
GijónYMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra Live In Gijón 19/6 08 (2xCD, Album)   Commmons 2008
LondonYMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra Live In London 15/6 08 (2xCD, Album)   Commmons 2008
Production:
Café Solo (2xCD) Light In Darkness (808... Resist Music 2006
Appears On:
Band's Eye View - Sounds Sampler No.8 (LP) Technopolis Epic, Sounds (Magazine) 1982
Yen Records History / Yen Singles+α (2xCD, Ltd) Kageki Na Shukujo, See... Alfa Records, Inc 1988
Tell Me When (7") Kimi Ni Mune Kyun EastWest Records America 1995
Lektrokuted (CD, Mixed, Comp, Dig) Behind The Mask 541 2003
The Remix Album, Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Indo (4 Hero Remix) Raw Canvas Records 2004
イエローマジック歌謡曲 (3xCD) 浮かびのピーチ... GT Music, Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. 2005
Only After Dark (CD, Comp) Computer Game (Theme F... EMI Records 2006
The Kings Of Techno (2xCD) Computer Games Rapster Records 2006
Bootleg (CD)   Alfa Records, Inc  
Tracks Appear On:
Foreplay #33: A&M's Pre-Release Sampler (July 1980) (12", S/Sided, Promo, Smplr) Nice Age, Technopolis A&M Records 1980
Foreplay #34 (12", S/Sided, Promo) Nice Age, Rydeen A&M Records 1980
Space Invasion (LP, Comp) Theme From The Space I... Ronco 1980
Band's Eye View - Sounds Sampler No.8 (LP) Technopolis Epic, Sounds (Magazine) 1982
Music From The Rising Sun (LP, Promo) Pure Jam, Taiso Epic 1982
Yen Memorial Album (2xLP) Rydeen (Remix Version) Alfa Records, Inc 1985
Yen Memorial Album (2xLP) Rydeen (Remix Version) Pick Up Records 1985
Yen Records History / Yen Singles+α (2xCD, Ltd) Kimi Ni Munekyun, Chao... Alfa Records, Inc 1988
January 89 - Mixes 2 (12") Firecracker (Mike Gray... DMC 1989
That's Disco Classic Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) Rydeen Alfa Records, Inc 1989
September 90 - Mixes 1 (12") Firecracker (DMC Remix) DMC 1990
Vitamin CD: The First Dose (CDr, Comp, Mix) Multiplies Daisey Age Recordings 1993
Omni Volume 1: Metropolis (CD, Comp) Light In The Darkness ... DCC Compact Classics Inc. 1994
Snakeman Show (2xCD, Album) 磁性紀－開け心... Alfa Records, Inc 1994
Tell Me When (Single, Maxi) ◄ (4 versions) Kimi Ni Mune Kyun EastWest ... 1994
The Best Disco Album In The Universe Volume 10 (CD, Comp) Computer Game Essex Entertainment, Inc. 1997
Live @ Temple ◄ (2 versions) Firecracker Sound Signature 2000
Millennium Spinnin' At Reel Up (CD) Firecracker (Malawi Ro... Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) 2001
Sotoshigoto - m-flo turns it out! (2xCD, Comp) Behind The Mask (Farew... Rhythm Zone (Asia) 2002
Soul In Motion ◄ (2 versions) Indo (4 Hero Mix) Irma 2002
That's My Beat (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Computer Games Soul Jazz Records 2002
The Official Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash ◄ (2 versions) Computer Games Strut 2002
Lektrokuted (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Behind The Mask 541 2003
Break Beats (CD, Mixed, Comp) Computer Games Dopewax 2004
Hellboys - Italo Megamix By DJ Hell (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Rydeen International Deejay Gigolo Records 2004
Sound Concierge: Annex "Contemporary Love Songs" (CD) Behind The Mask (FPM... Cutting Edge 2005
A To Z (2xCD) Firecracker Sunday Best Recordings 2006
Café Solo (2xCD) Light In Darkness (808... Resist Music 2006
Electrounique Vol. 1 (LP, Comp) Neue Tanz Electunes 2006
Only After Dark (CD, Comp) Computer Game (Theme F... EMI Records 2006
The Kings Of Techno (2xCD) Computer Games Rapster Records 2006
Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics - 1974-1986 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Seoul Music Strut 2008
Ice Castles - The Coming Of A New Age (CD, Mixed) Behind The Mask Not On Label 2008
Disco For Abruzzo (CD, Ltd) Firecracker WonderSound 2009
Das Pop Goulash (CD, Mixed, Comp) Behind The Mask Utopia  
Unofficial Releases:
Classic Acid 1 (LP) Computer Game (Theme F... K. M. A. 1988
Morphology (CD, Comp) Hi-Tech Ambience (Arie... Orb Music Production 1993
Icons Of The Orb (CD) Tong Poo (Planet Of Th... Orb Music Production 1994
Tour De France / Computer Games EP (12", EP) Computer Games Ballroom Records 1996
A Y.M.O. Film Propaganda (DVD, NTSC)   旭聲文化事業有限公司 2001
Complete Hurrah & TV-YMO (DVD, NTSC)   旭聲文化事業有限公司 2001
Computer Game / Bad Mouthin' (12") Computer Game (Re-Edit) Ballroom Records 2002
Essential House Classics Vol. II (12") Computer Game (Theme F... Essential House Classics 2003
Extract Form "Service" / After Service (Vol. 1) (CD)   2000 FruitGum Corp. 2004
Naughty Boys / After Service (Vol.2) (CD)   2000 FruitGum Corp. 2004
Computer Games (12")   Not On Label 2006
Hellboy (CDr, Mixed) Rydeen Munich (2) 2006
Smultronix Volume 2 (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) Acrobat Supersupersuper 2008
Trickle Down Economixxx (22xFile, MP3, Mixed, 320) Absolute Ego Dance, Ab... Cock Rock Disco 2008
Computer Games (Theme From The Invaders) / Knock, Knock (12") Computer Games (Theme ... K. M. A.  
Computer Games - Fire Cracker / Riot In Lagos (12") Computer Games - Fire ... HTF Records  
RareKirk (2xCDr, Ltd) Shadows On The Ground ... Not On Label (Richard H. Kirk)  
Solid State Survivor / Connecting Flight (Cass) Technopolis, Absolute ... Supreme Ltd.  
The New Wave Complex - Volume 1 (CDr) Key New Wave Complex  
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